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The Citrus County Chronicle has received several letters and Sound Off calls from readers concerned about the Sabal Trail pipeline’s effect on the environment.

Those concerns include: excessive noise from a Marion County compressor station to be built in 2020, potential gas line explosions, possible fuel leakage or spillage and the destruction of established oak and pine trees.

The standing ovation Pat Telgen received at the Chiefland Middle High School football and cheer banquet was a fitting encapsulation of what the senior linebacker and offensive lineman has meant to the Indians football program.

At Monday’s award event, he was presented the night’s top honor, the ‘Heart of an Indian’ award, which head coach Aaron Richardson described as the team’s “overall MVP.”

Chiefland Christmas Festivalgoers will have a chance to start experiencing the change that will come about when the city builds the new Chiefland Trailhead Park on South Main Street/U.S. Highway 19, right across from the Old Train Depot Park.

That’s because on Saturday, Dec. 10, the six-acre field will be the new site for the Chiefland Christmas Festival this year. The move across the street will end the necessity for festivalgoers to cross U.S. Highway 19 to go from the parking area to the activities. Bring the family and come out for a whole day of fun.

So when federal agencies sign off on the 515-mile Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline through Alabama, Georgia and Florida, people like 30-year Dunnellon resident Janet Barrow don’t sit back and take their word for it.

“I’ve been watching this project for three years plus,” Barrow said. “I open my mouth and tell as many people as I can.”

This year the festival moves across U.S. Highway 19 from the Train Depot Park. The entire Festival will take place on the west side of US 19, including parking.

The entrance to the parking field is from Park Avenue West. If you are headed south from the commercial area of Chiefland, please turn right at Park Avenue and then left into the parking field, which will be marked.

It’s that time year when the weather is great and we all need get outside, get some

fresh air and get in shape. Start now to fulfill your New Year’s Resolution to get fit in 2017!

Reistration is now open for the Rudolph 5K Fun Run that takes place at the Chiefland Christmas Festival on Saturday, Dec. 10.

The first 50 people to register will get a T-Shirt, goodie bag and completion medal just for participating!. There will also be prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in both the adult and child categories.

The Levy County Commission decided to put a nine-month moratorium on any rules allowing marijuana dispensariess into the county.

At the same meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to retain John Meeks, of Bronson, R-District 1, as its chair for a third year and decided to switch the vice chair from Mike Joyner of Morriston, R-District 3, to Rock Meeks or Chiefland, R-District 2.